Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

This curious fresh and salt water lake holds a secret that draws in deep divers from around the world.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

This tri-part waterfall is a little bit of fairytale beauty in the heart of Luxembourg's Little Switzerland.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A 19th century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."